Maksi

          On 10 February 2017, I went to Malam Aksi or also called Maksi. It was held in a building called Bikasoga. This event is organised by SMPK 1 BPK Penabur Bandung school. 

          I arrived late so I missed a few performances. When I arrived, I had to wait outside because it wasn't the break time. When I went in, I saw a dance performance. Maksi was great there were a lot of great performances. Most of the performances were dance. There were also singing performances. Chelsea sang a few songs in Maksi. There were also No' N3 from Smak 1 who performed a dance performance. Our classmates, Nadya and Alicia C also performed a dance performance. They did great and the dance moves were nice. At the end of the event, there was teacher's performance. Honestly, I think the previous one is better but the teachers still did a great job on the performance. Unfortunately, I didn't took any pictures beacause I focused on the show and I want to enjoy the show so I try to avoid using my phone. Overall, I think Maksi was great and this is my first time going to Maksi. Every performer did a great job. We'll wait for the next Maksi and hopefully it will be even better.

Bandung Flood

          Last Friday, there was flood in Bandung. The water reached 1.8 meters, luckily it has decreased to 50 cm today. There were 1882 citizens listed that were evacuated. There were 20 points of evacuation. Most of them stayed in public places such as schools, sports field and other public places. The water level in Kampung Leuwi even reached more than 2 meters. The water has soaked 1644 houses.
         During the flood, I was also going home. It took me 2 hours just to go home. Usually it only takes around 15 minutes to get home from school. 

School Holiday

          Last school holiday, I went to New Zealand. I stayed in New Zealand from 3 July to 13 July. 

Sunday, 3 July 2016

I finished packing and prepare to go to Jakarta. Then we went to Jakarta. We went too early, we arrived at the airport at 2:30 p.m. while our flight is at 8 o'clock. So we waited until around 7 o'clock because the gate opens at 7 o'clock. Then we went to the gate and waited until its our turn to go in the aircraft. The plane took off quite late, it took off at around 8:45. The flight was to Sydney, Australia and we will take our flight to New Zealand in Sydney. The flight took about 7-8 hours.

Monday, 4 July 2016

At around 6 o'clock (Sydney time), we landed in Sydney airport and the view from the airplane was beautiful.

the view from airplane 

Then we waited for about 3 hours in Sydney airport. Actually,it's more than 3 hours because the flight was delayed. Then we continued our flight. Our flight was to Christchurch. After about 3 hours of flight, we arrived at Christchurch, New Zealand. When we arrived at the airport, we went to immigration and took our luggages. My dad's luggage was opened because he brought 20 indomies. Then we went to the car rental station and took the key.Then we went to the hotel. 

Tuesday, 5 July 2016

We woke up and then get ready to check out. Then we had breakfast at a restaurant, I had fish chips. Then we head to Lake Tekapo. We stayed at a lodge and we can see the view of Mount Cook and the lake from the lodge. Then we spent the rest of the day in the lodge and we cooked our food for dinner. We went to a supermarket nearby. Then we bought a bunch of food and cooked it.

Lake Tekapo

Wednesday, 6 July 2016

We woke up and ate breakfast. We cooked from the leftovers last night. Then we got ready. We went to Lake Tekapo in the different area. Then we took pictures. We also saw an old Church.

The old Church

We were not allowed to take pictures inside the Church. Then we went to the supermarket and bought more food. Then we cooked the food for dinner.


Thursday, 7 July 2016

We woke up and ate breakfast. We got ready and packed our things because we want to check out of the lodge. Then we went on a road trip to Mount cook and then to Queenstown. The journey to Mount Cook took about 3 hours. When we arrived, we took pictures. Mount is actually a bunch of mountains but we took pictures on this one because it has snow.

 one of Mount Cook

After taking pictures, we continued our journey to Queenstown. The journey took around 4 hours. When we arrived, we checked in the serviced apartment. Then we looked for a restaurant to eat dinner. We went for Thai. The food tastes so good and it has a good rating in google and that is why we chose that restaurant. Then we visited my auntie, uncle and my cousins because they are also having a vacation to New Zealand too. Unfortunately, it's their last day there. 
Then we went back to our serviced apartment.


Friday, 8 July 2016

We woke and got ready. Then we went to a famous burger restaurant called 'Ferg Burger'. The que was so long. Then we searched for a spot to eat. The burger tastes really good the fries was also very good. Then we walked around the town hall. We also booked a ride called 'Shotover Jet'. Then we booked for dinner in a famous Italian restaurant called ' Bella CuCina'. Then we waited for our time to eat dinner. Then we went to Bella CuCina when it's already time. We ordered an appetiser (some kind of bread), spaghetti bolognese, fettucini carbonara and some kind of salmon. The bread and fettucini taste so good but I'm not really satisfied on the other dishes. Then we went back to the serviced apartment. 



Saturday, 9 July 2016

We woke up and got ready. Then we had Ferg's Burger again for breakfast. Then we continued the journey. By the way we are going to Milford Sound. The journey took about 4 hours. Along the journey, we saw a lot of beautiful scenery. When we arrived, we parked the car and went inside to book for a cruise ride. Then we went into the small cruise and saw the mountains,waterfalls and and beautiful view. 

some part of Milford Sound

After we ride the small cruise, we went back and drive back to Queenstown. When we arrived at Queenstown, we wen to the supermarket and bought food and cooked it for dinner.



Sunday, 10 July 2016

We woke up and got ready and ate breakfast. Then we checked out of the serviced apartment. Then we went to the nicer serviced apartment called 'The Rees'. We only dropped our things. Then we went to the place where we booked the Shotover Jet. We waited for the bus to pick us up and go to the river where we will ride the ride. When we arrived, I feel scared because i don't like rides that goes fast. Then we put the safety thing and seat on the jet boat. Then the ride turned out to be very fun and I wanted to ride it again. But, the weather is cold and as the jet boat moves, the cold air hits our face and it is really cold and my ears are cold and freezing, like literally, my ears are so red and it is quite hard. But overall the ride was really fun. Then we went to the exit and bought the photo they took while we were riding the jet boat. 

the ride

Then we ride the bus that goes back to the place where we booked the ride. Then we went to Ferg's Burger again because it was near and my mom really likes it. Then me and my brother went to a famous steak restaurant and booked for 4 people and we got only at 9 p.m.. Then we went to the nice serviced apartment. The place was really nice and we can heat the bathroom floor. Then everyone immediately slept except for me because i just can't. Then After we all woke up we got ready and went to the famous steak restaurant. The restaurant was called 'Flame'. The food was good but the waitress sucks to be honest because she spilled the water and instead of using her napkin, she used ours and we ordered lamb but it didn't came after a long time, so we asked her and she said she didn't hear us ordering it. But the food was great. Then we went back to the serviced apartment and slept.

Monday, 11 July 2016
We woke up and had breakfast. Then we got ready. Then we went to Skyline Gondola. We will ride a gondola until the top of a mountain. I am scared of heights so this is bad news for me. Then we ride the gondola and reached the top and there were some rides and restaurants. Me and my brother ride a ride called 'Luge' which is some kind of car ride and there's a track for it.

Luge
it might not look that high but in reality, its really high 

Then we took pictures in the balcony part.

the picture we took

Then we bought some stuffs there such as magnets for the fridge and postcards. Then we went to the gondola that goes down. Then when we reached down, we went to go to the Thai restaurant but it was closed so we decided to eat KFC. Then we went back to the serviced apartments and dropped my parents because they were so tired. So me and my brother went shopping. My brother bought 2 caps and I bought a cap and a pair of sandals. Then I bought a burger from Ferg's Burger for my mom so that she's happy and my brother bought gelato ice cream from a gelato ice cream shop  which belongs to Ferg's wife. Then we went back tp the serviced apartment and gave the burger to my mom and we all took a rest. Then we went to the supermarket to buy food. Then we went back to the serviced apartment and cooked the food for dinner. Then we slept.

Tuesday, 12 July 2016

We woke up, got ready and ate breakfast. We packed our things to check out. I'm quite sad because Queenstown is one of the best cities we went to in New Zealand. First, we went to Ferg's Burger again for the last time also for lunch.Then we ride the car to go to Christchurch which is more than 500 km in distance. The journey took about 7 hours. Along the journey, we saw some snow Then we arrived at the hotel which is really close to the airport. In fact, it is across the airport. Then we immediately rest. But me and my brother can't sleep so we decided to stay up until the next morning.

the snow we saw along the road

Wednesday, 13 July 

We got ready and packed our bags. Our flight is really early so we went to the airport early. Then we took the flight to Sydney. The flight was really bad and probably one of my worst flight. The plane went up and down and up and down. hone it goes down, it goes down in a fast motion as if it fell but as soon as we reached the top everything went back to normal. Then we stayed in Sydney airport for 6 hours. Actually 7 because the flight was delayed due to bad weather. Then we took the flight and arrived in Jakarta at night and we immediately went back to Banding. When we reached Bandung I immediately went to my dog and he is really happy. Unfortunately he became sick and thin. 

Motivational - Bill Gates Speech at Harvard

Iggy Azalea

          Amethyst Amelia Kelly, better known by her stage name Iggy Azalea, is an Australian rapper, songwriter, and model. She has collaborated with any amazing singers such as Charli XCX,Ariana Grande, Rita Ora, Mø, T.I., Jennifer Hudson, Wale and many more. She has a lot of great hits such as 'Fancy' which she collaborated with Charli XCX that song's music video is her most viewed music video and reached 715 million views. Her other hits are  'Black Widow', she collaborated with Rita Ora and 'Problem' and collaborated with Ariana Grande. 2 weeks ago she just released her music video of her new hit 'Team'. 
          Iggy Azalea was born in Sydney, Australia in June 7 1990. Sydney is a beautiful city. Unfortunately, her parents moved to Mullumbimby, New South Wales when Iggy was still a baby. Mullumbimby is small Australian town with only 3000 inhabitants. Iggy's mother was a hotels cleaner and her father was a painter and comic artist. Iggy hated school uniforms and never joined her classmates. She had no friends and was teased for her homemade outfits. Iggy dreamed to go somewhere because she felt herself like a foreigner in her very own country. When Iggy visited Los Angeles during her 13 teenage years, she met a hip hop music for the first time and realised what she is going to be. A rapper. She started to listen to Tupac and Missy Elliot. These two were her favourite artists. 14 Iggy started to rap and even introduced a female hip hop band but the other girls didn't take it seriously so Iggy had to disband it. She took her first stage name from her childhood dog, Iggy. It was only Iggy for a long time. Then, her grandpa told her to get a 2nd name so she chose the name of the street where she grew up, Azalea, where her family lives to this day. Iggy is a unisex name but quite masculine for her so she used a feminine name, Azalea to balance it off. Iggy realised that she won't be able to fulfil her dream in her town. So she decided to go to the heart of hip hop, USA. She started to work together with her mother and save money for a journey. Iggy was working so hard that she even got dropped out of a school cause she didn't attend lessons. All that time Iggy was scrubbing floors in hotels that is why she included " Or how many floors that I had to scrub" in the lyrics of her song called 'Work'. At the age of 16, she finally saved enough money for a ticket. Iggy understood that to move thousands of miles away to the place you don't know, without family and enough money to live is crazy but this fact wasn't scaring her as much as the thought that she will stay here unhappy and miss understood, she had no friends and was teased for her homemade outfits at homeland. so Iggy decided to leave Australia.Iggy told her mother that she going on a holiday with her friend, but she had some different plans...
          When Iggy landed in Miami, She had only one friend. He was her friend from internet. Who took Iggy from the airport. She celebrated the New Year with his people and that's how she found her first friends there. She tried a lot of things in Miami just to survive but she always failed. She started to make music but none of them became popular. After a lot of failure, she is now very famous and rich. She owns a mansion in Los Angeles. She also owns a Ferrari that she bought from Beverly Hills. She once dated a rapper called Asap Rocky but they broke up. Now she is engaged to a Lakers basketball player, Nick Young. People think she is just an artist that suddenly became famous but they didn't know what Iggy Azalea have been through. I think her hard work is now payed with her success. 
          She is my favourite female rapper.

Iggy Azalea

Three Mountain Climbers

          Three climbers decided to climb Mount Everest as it is the only major mountain in the world they haven't climbed. They begin their track up the mountain but don't tell anyone they are going as they know it is dangerous. In the middle of their way, one climber falls. Fortunately, he is saved from plummeting to his death by a ledge. But he has broken his leg. He was treated by first aid kit that they have. The three climbers spend an uncomfortable night on the mountain. The next morning, two climbers decided to make a signal catch helicopter's attention. One climber has a flare and all the three are rescued. The injured man was taken to hospital immediately after rescue.

Mount Everest

Holiday Destination

          I decided to go to New York City because I want to go to America since a very long time. New York is a busy city. There are a lot people there so I won't feel lonely. New York has more than 18000 restaurants and that is another reason why I want to go to New York. I want to try food in New York because I love to eat. Besides that is because New York is a fashionable, exciting and entertaining city. I like to see entertainment, because it makes me happy. I also want to go to the Chinatown because I love Chinese food. There are also a lot of pop concerts in New York and I really like pop cultures. These are the reasons why I decided to go to New York.

New York City at night